| | 1151 - Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202) |
| | 1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285) |
| | 1367 - King Henry IV of England (d. 1413) |
| | 1529 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581) |
| | 1593 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633) |
| | 1639 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682) |
| | 1643 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1690) |
| | 1683 - Mark Catesby, English naturalist (d. 1749) |
| | 1693 - George Edwards, English naturalist (d. 1773) |
| | 1715 - John Hanson, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1783) |
| | 1715 - William Watson, English physician and scientist (d. 1787) |
| | 1764 - John Abernathy, English surgeon (d. 1831) |
| | 1769 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835) |
| | 1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan |
| | 1783 - Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859) |
| | 1806 - Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (d. 1856) |
| | 1814 - Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (d. 1901) |
| | 1821 - T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892) |
| | 1822 - Edward Everett Hale, American writer (d. 1909) |
| | 1823 - William Marcy Tweed, American political boss (d. 1878) |
| | 1880 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (d. 1903) |
| | 1881 - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1954) |
| | 1885 - Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (d. 1981) |
| | 1889 - Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (d. 1949) |
| | 1893 - Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943) |
| | 1895 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (d. 1968) |
| | 1898 - George Jessel, American comedian (d. 1981) |
| | 1898 - Henry Luce, American publisher (d. 1967) |
| | 1904 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1905 - Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (d. 1965) |
| | 1913 - Per Borten, Premier of Norway (d. 2005) |
| | 1916 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (d. 1997) |
| | 1921 - Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1924 - Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004) |
| | 1924 - Doris Day, American actress |
| | 1925 - Tony Benn, British politician |
| | 1926 - Gus Grissom, astronaut (d. 1967) |
| | 1926 - Alex Grammas, baseball player |
| | 1928 - Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003) |
| | 1928 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1929 - Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress |
| | 1930 - Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida and Governor of Florida (d. 1998) |
| | 1930 - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany |
| | 1930 - Wally Moon, baseball player |
| | 1934 - Jane Goodall, English zoologist |
| | 1936 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (d. 1961) |
| | 1938 - Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer |
| | 1941 - Eric Braeden, German-born actor |
| | 1941 - Philippe Wynne, American musician (d. 1984) |
| | 1941 - Jan Berry, American musician (Jan and Dean) (d. 2004) |
| | 1942 - Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1942 - Marsha Mason, American actress |
| | 1942 - Wayne Newton, American singer |
| | 1942 - Billy Joe Royal, American singer |
| | 1943 - Jonathan Lynn, British actor and comedy writer |
| | 1943 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (d. 1986) |
| | 1944 - Tony Orlando, American musician |
| | 1948 - Carlos Salinas, President of Mexico |
| | 1949 - Richard Thompson, British musician and songwriter |
| | 1949 - Lyle Alzado, American football player |
| | 1954 - Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer |
| | 1956 - Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (d. 1996) |
| | 1958 - Alec Baldwin, American actor |
| | 1959 - David Hyde Pierce, American actor |
| | 1960 - Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician (Ayreon) |
| | 1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian |
| | 1962 - Mike Ness, American musician (Social Distortion) |
| | 1964 - Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist |
| | 1966 - Miina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) |
| | 1968 - Sebastian Bach, Canadian musician (Skid Row) |
| | 1968 - Charlotte Coleman, British television actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1968 - Jamie Hewlett, British illustrator (Tank Girl and Gorillaz) |
| | 1969 - Lance Storm, Wrestler |
| | 1970 - Sticky Fingaz, American rapper and actor |
| | 1972 - Jennie Garth, American actress |
| | 1973 - Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor |
| | 1975 - Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player |
| | 1975 - Mickey Beyer-Clausen, Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist |
| | 1975 - Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player |
| | 1976 - Drew Shirley, American musician (Switchfoot) |
| | 1976 - Will Mellor, British actor |
| | 1978 - Tommy Haas, German tennis player |
| | 1981 - Aaron Bertram, American musician, Suburban Legends |
| | 1982 - Fler, German rapper |
| | 1982 - Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress |
| | 1982 - Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol |
| | 1985 - Leona Lewis, British singer |
| | 1986 - Amanda Bynes, American actress |
| | 1986 - Sergio Sánchez, Spanish footballer |
| | 1993 - Dakoda Dowd, American golfer |